2010 Hot Dog Illustration Madness

Here's a bunch of hot dog related illustration I did in 2010 and haven't posted yet, including a poster for Farmer John (a Los Angeles meat company), a bunch of paintings for Fig Restaurant in Santa Monica (for their special summer hot dog menu) and some illustrations I was working on for an international hot dog place in South America (a project that sadly seems to have kicked the bucket).



These paintings were all meant for a hot dog restaurant in Brazil that never opened. The idea was international hot dogs with insane toppings, think Hot Doug's or Bark but riffing on European and South American hot dog styles rather than American. I had to translate everything to Portuguese which was pretty awesome. Really sad that this didn't work out- there was going to be 10 different dogs plus 10 smaller illos of the regions for packaging or whatever.

Foobooz East Passyunk Tote

Tote bag for Philly food blog Foobooz. They wanted a street scene of one of Philly's new "restaurant rows" and I went with East Passyunk since it's not only 4 blocks from my house but also an awesome mix of old south philly stuff and new hipster yuppie stuff (and people).

When I was shooting photos the guy in the butcher shop came out in his bloody apron and started screaming at me about insurance and lawyers or something. Awesome. Won't stop me from going there for some cheap chicken parts though.

It was tough to simplify it enough so that it would work for a screenprint, there's about 100 more places I wanted to jam in there - especially the amazing Patrick Nagel-esque King Of Jeans sign.


Head on over to Foobooz.com and pick one up or check out their new line of T-shirts. They're also now available at Green Aisle Grocery (1618 Passyunk Ave), 15 bucks a pop.

inside the hot dog studio

Another massive hot dog project, in progress.

Am I sick of them? Sometimes. But just as often happily surprised by new and exciting hot dogs, and just as important - new and exciting places to eat them.

My Dad is even in on the mission now, coming back from weekend trips to tiny Pennsylvania coal towns with photos of hot dog joints I've never heard of.

Cheesesteaks and Frank Reynolds

2 New non-hot dog prints in the store! Philly Cheesesteaks and Frank Reynolds! 11 x 14 Giclees printed by Silicon Gallery Fine Arts so they look great and brighter than the originals.

29 bucks a pop or add a few and make a set for 100 bucks.
available here: hawkkrall.net/prints

Richie Records T-Shirts

Here's a way to pick up a non - bootleg Hawk Krall shirt. I did this design for Richie Records years ago and they finally printed up some sweet shirts.

Richie Records is one of Philadelphia's last remaining stongholds of actual punk rock, related projects being Clockcleaner, Kurt Vile, the Homostupids, Violent Students, and Music For Your Methlab, Philly's best radio show that has sadly come to an end.


These guys have given me some terrific work over the years including this infamous cover of the Violent Students LP which is still one of my favorites.

Buy a shirt here-
testostertunes.blogspot.com

Read an interview here-
terminal-boredom.com

Bootleg Hawk Krall Hot Dog Shirts!

Honestly, if I saw my hot dog paintings on some all-over-print oversized ghetto t-shirt in chinatown I would be sort of pissed but also kind of psyched, and probably even buy one. What I find perplexing is a seemingly legit Detroit clothing company doing it.. I mean.. come on, you're too lazy to just do your own lettering?

Don't Buy These.
Down With Detroit Apparel

Looks like they took them down from the site. But I wonder if there's still a warehouse full of these somewhere???

Cheap Eats

Illustration for Philadelphia Magazine cheap eats issue. About Lawyers and Hockey players who are opening up delis and hot dog stands.